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1H71H3 1H71H2
Also known as
Jackson's Night Cap
Composer/Core Source
Walker 'Piper' Jackson
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
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Score 1 )
X: 1
T:Strike the Gay Harp
T:Jackson's Night Cap
R:jig
C:Walker "Piper" Jackson (-1798)
D:Sean Keane: Jig It in Style
Z:id:hn-jig-189
M:6/8
K:D
d2B cAA|dAF FED|d2B cBA|dAF EFA|def Bcd|ABA F2E|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|
|:~d3 fdf|aba afe|de/f/g afd|bge edB|~d3 afa|bgb a2g|fed dfe|dAF EFA:|
|:def dfe|dAF DFA|def dfe|dAF EFA|def Bcd|ABA F2E|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|
P:Variations:
|:d2B cBA|dAF FED|d2B cAA|dAF ~E3|def ~B3|ABA FEF|DED DEF|AFE ~E3:|
|:~d3 afa|aba afe|def ~a3|bge ~e3|d2f ~a3|bgb a2g|fed def|dAF ~E3:|
|:def def|dAF FED|def def|dAF ~E3|def ~B3|ABA FEF|DED AFA|AFE ~E3:|
